Jeffrey Westphal - 21 Jun 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for Vertex, Inc. (VERX)

Role: 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ Lisa Coleman, Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol: VERX
Transactions as of: 21 Jun 2022
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 22 Jun 2022, 16:18:53 UTC
Previous filing: 25 May 2022
Next filing: 05 Jul 2022
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	VERX	Class A Common Stock	Conversion of derivative security	$0	+5,500,000	+44%	$0.000000	17,961,420	21 Jun 2022	By The 2009 Jeffrey R. Westphal Generation Skipping Trust
holding	VERX	Class A Common Stock						7,895	21 Jun 2022	Direct

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	VERX	Class B Common Stock	Conversion of derivative security	$0	-5,500,000	-37%	$0.000000	9,249,286	21 Jun 2022	Class A Common Stock	5,500,000	By The 2009 Jeffrey R.Westphal Generation Skipping Trust	F1
holding	VERX	Class B Common Stock						49,000	21 Jun 2022	Class A Common Stock	49,000	Direct	F1
holding	VERX	Class B Common Stock						1,153,756	21 Jun 2022	Class A Common Stock	1,153,756	By Rainer J. Westphal 2007 Separate Exempt Trust FBO Jeffrey Westphal	F1
holding	VERX	Class B Common Stock						332,244	21 Jun 2022	Class A Common Stock	332,244	By Rainer J. Westphal 2007 Separate Non-Exempt Trust FBO Jeffrey Westphal	F1

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time at the option of the holder into one share of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock and has no expiration date. The Class B Common Stock will automatically convert into shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock on a one-to-one basis upon either (1) any transfer of the Class B Common Stock by the holder, whether or not for value, subject to certain exceptions or (2) the voting power of the Issuer's outstanding Class B Common Stock representing less than 10% of the combined voing power of all of the Issuer's outstanding common stock.

Content

The Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time at the option of the holder into one share of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock and has no expiration date. The Class B Common Stock will automatically convert into shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock on a one-to-one basis upon either (1) any transfer of the Class B Common Stock by the holder, whether or not for value, subject to certain exceptions or (2) the voting power of the Issuer's outstanding Class B Common Stock representing less than 10% of the combined voing power of all of the Issuer's outstanding common stock.